Microsoft reports first loss as public company

Post #361,023 by malraux 7/19/12 8:32:50 PM Reply	Microsoft reports first loss as public company http://phys.org/news...loss-company.html Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #361,027 by Another Scott 7/19/12 10:55:05 PM Reply	And hires Mark Penn. Coincidence?!??!! http://www.balloon-j...07/19/short-msft/ Steve Ballmer just hired Mark Penn to lead ÂConsumer InitiativesÂ at Microsoft. Cheers, Scott.
Post #361,030 by Ashton 7/20/12 5:57:15 AM Reply	Ballmer 'summarized' ..apparently by someone who knows (of) him well? Gemina13 Says: Right now, IÂm sure my two former housemates/best friends are cursing BallmerÂs name and thanking God on their knees that they cashed out their MSFT stock when he was named GatesÂ successor. Yes, theyÂre employees. No, they have little control anymore over product. BallmerÂs reign has instituted a regime of nitpicking, micromanagement, and constant pushing to get out substandard product. My friends loathe him for the mess that was Windows Vista, the mess that will be the new MS tablet, the wreckage of the Zune and other nifty toys planned for the market (but delayed until Apple had time to corner the market themselves), and his general Corporate Asshole style. Pretty soon, shareholders may have good reason to start cursing Ballmer, too. But then.. almost everyone has a horrific Ballmer anecdote. Maybe the epithet which will eviscerate that ego, totally, is ... Loser! [What was Billy Thinking-of.. out of 300M local people in the pool?] Is it time to buy that island ... and disappear? ..with bags of gold ingots chained to ankle bracelets. Is THIS Ed Curry's final revenge?
Post #361,037 by andread 7/20/12 11:44:22 AM Reply	Re: Microsoft reports first loss as public company They lost 6 billion (clumsy isn't it) but they just put it out there, no scams, no creative accounting, no raptors (as they said at Enron) 2 points for honesty A https://www.facebook...y/160695743949522
Post #361,038 by drook 7/20/12 12:01:35 PM Reply	Why now? For decades they've manipulated their cash reserves to make sure they always hit their estimates. Are their reserves to low they can't pull it off this time? Or, and their history makes me suspect this is just as likely, have they decided there's a strategic marketing advantage to being seen as not the 800-pound gorilla as they try to muscle into the mobile market. -- Drew
Post #361,046 by folkert 7/20/12 2:02:16 PM Reply	Ding ding ding! This is my guess.
Post #361,048 by crazy 7/20/12 2:12:09 PM Reply	Agreed Their cash flow management is asskicking, and illegal, but the accountant who blew the whistle on them got paid off and isn't to be found. Their smooothing to hit estimates was obviously manufacturing numbers. So why now? Because they want to.

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